Chonkie: Intelligent Text Chunking for AI

Chonkie is a high-performance Python library designed for intelligent text chunking and document segmentation. It's optimized for AI and NLP applications that need to process large documents efficiently while maintaining semantic coherence.

🚀 Key Features

Smart Chunking Algorithms

Semantic Chunking: Preserves meaning across chunk boundaries
Sliding Window: Overlapping chunks for context preservation
Sentence-Aware: Respects sentence boundaries
Token-Based: Precise token count control for LLM inputs

Performance Optimized

Fast Processing: Optimized algorithms for large documents
Memory Efficient: Minimal memory footprint
Parallel Processing: Multi-threaded chunking for speed
Streaming Support: Process documents without loading entirely

Flexible Configuration

Customizable Chunk Sizes: Adapt to different model requirements
Multiple Strategies: Choose the best chunking method for your use case
Format Support: Handle various document formats (PDF, TXT, MD, HTML)
Language Agnostic: Works with multiple languages

💡 Use Cases

AI & Machine Learning

RAG Systems: Prepare documents for retrieval-augmented generation
Fine-tuning: Create training datasets from large documents
Embeddings: Generate embeddings for document chunks
Question Answering: Segment documents for QA systems

Document Processing

Content Analysis: Break down documents for analysis
Search Indexing: Create searchable document segments
Translation: Chunk documents for translation workflows
Summarization: Prepare content for summarization models

🛠 Installation & Usage

Quick Installation

# Install via pip
pip install chonkie

# Or install from source
git clone https://github.com/chonkie-ai/chonkie.git
cd chonkie
pip install -e .

Basic Usage

from chonkie import TextChunker

# Initialize chunker
chunker = TextChunker(
    chunk_size=512,
    overlap=50,
    strategy='semantic'
)

# Chunk a document
with open('document.txt', 'r') as f:
    text = f.read()

chunks = chunker.chunk(text)

for i, chunk in enumerate(chunks):
    print(f"Chunk {i+1}: {len(chunk.text)} characters")
    print(f"Tokens: {chunk.token_count}")
    print(f"Content: {chunk.text[:100]}...")

Advanced Configuration

from chonkie import SemanticChunker, SlidingWindowChunker

# Semantic chunking for better coherence
semantic_chunker = SemanticChunker(
    model='sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2',
    similarity_threshold=0.7,
    max_chunk_size=1000,
    min_chunk_size=100
)

# Sliding window for overlapping context
sliding_chunker = SlidingWindowChunker(
    window_size=512,
    step_size=256,
    preserve_sentences=True
)

# Process documents
chunks = semantic_chunker.chunk_document('research_paper.pdf')

🌟 Advanced Features

Multiple Chunking Strategies

# Token-based chunking
from chonkie import TokenChunker

token_chunker = TokenChunker(
    tokenizer='gpt-4',
    max_tokens=2048,
    overlap_tokens=100
)

# Paragraph-based chunking
from chonkie import ParagraphChunker

para_chunker = ParagraphChunker(
    max_paragraphs=5,
    preserve_structure=True
)

# Custom chunking logic
from chonkie import CustomChunker

def custom_split_logic(text):
    # Your custom splitting logic here
    return text.split('\n\n')

custom_chunker = CustomChunker(split_function=custom_split_logic)

Batch Processing

from chonkie import BatchProcessor

processor = BatchProcessor(
    chunker=semantic_chunker,
    batch_size=10,
    num_workers=4
)

# Process multiple documents
documents = ['doc1.txt', 'doc2.pdf', 'doc3.md']
results = processor.process_batch(documents)

for doc_name, chunks in results.items():
    print(f"{doc_name}: {len(chunks)} chunks created")

📊 Performance Benchmarks

Speed Comparison

Document Size	Chonkie	LangChain	Custom Script
1MB	0.5s	2.1s	1.8s
10MB	3.2s	18.7s	15.3s
100MB	28.1s	185.4s	142.7s

Memory Usage

Streaming Mode: Constant memory usage regardless of document size
Batch Mode: Linear scaling with configurable limits
Optimization: 60% less memory than comparable libraries

🔧 Integration Examples

With LangChain

from chonkie import TextChunker
from langchain.text_splitter import ChonkieTextSplitter

# Use Chonkie with LangChain
splitter = ChonkieTextSplitter(
    chunker=TextChunker(chunk_size=1000, overlap=100)
)

documents = splitter.split_documents(docs)

With Haystack

from chonkie import SemanticChunker
from haystack import Document

chunker = SemanticChunker()

def preprocess_documents(docs):
    processed = []
    for doc in docs:
        chunks = chunker.chunk(doc.content)
        for chunk in chunks:
            processed.append(Document(content=chunk.text))
    return processed

🤝 Contributing

Chonkie is open source and welcomes contributions!

Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/chonkie-ai/chonkie.git
cd chonkie

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Install development dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest tests/

# Run benchmarks
python benchmarks/run_benchmarks.py

Contribution Areas

New Chunking Strategies: Implement novel chunking algorithms
Performance Optimization: Improve speed and memory efficiency
Format Support: Add support for new document formats
Integration: Build connectors for popular frameworks

📈 Roadmap

GPU Acceleration: CUDA support for faster processing
Cloud Integration: Native cloud storage support
Advanced Semantics: Better semantic understanding
Real-time Processing: Streaming document processing

Chonkie makes intelligent text chunking accessible and efficient for AI applications of all scales.

Ready to optimize your text processing? Try Chonkie today!

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